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Originally Posted by southernstar
Pothole, when I had my PPI the mechanic ran checks on everything while I remained. Once all else was well, he did (and I payed for) an oil/filter change - even though it had only 4000 km since the last one, and he cut open the filter and inspected it. If the oil had just been changed, I would have asked to have the pan dropped. Either way, I was aware of the IMS bearing issues and decided to include that as part of the PPI.
It added very little money to the cost of a PPI and gave me some additional
confidence and peace of mind. Many of us (including me) cut open the filter after each oil change, so why wouldn't you include that in your PPI?
Brad
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Just doing the filter doesn't take too long, but dropping the pan would add cost if you do it every time you are looking to buy car. And you still won't really know if the IMS bearing is due to implode three months down the road or your open deck bores or heads have the early beginnings of cracks.
I personally don't think the really scary stuff shows up in an inspection. My car has had pretty much spotless oil filters (which I inspect / cut open when I change the oil roughly every 6-7k) for the last 40k odd miles. This guarantees me nothing. The IMS might fail the next time I crank her over.
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